Hi Alexis, That's great. Thanks for your reply.
I did some more investigation and the server is actually 64bit CPU but has a 32bit OS. The other machines I want to build a cluster from actually already have Windows 2003 x64, but CouchDB won't run because of "Not a Valid Win32 Application" even though it installed fine, I think due to a minimum version linker option flag set in Visual Studio when it was compiled. Does anyone know if that's necessary and if CouchDb/Erlang relies on later Windows APIs, and if so if it is reasonable for VS to limit the minimum version as it has? (Win10 won't install -tried it, so that's not an option for me) I was hoping to use the systems isolated in a firewalled sandbox for cluster testing. Kind Regards Jared Davison On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 3:34 PM Alexis Côté <ac...@apache.org> wrote: > Hi Jared, > > I detailed the steps that I followed on a specific branch of > Couchdb-glazier: > https://github.com/apache/couchdb-glazier/blob/wip/2.x-win32/INSTALL_32.md > > You can contact me privately if you need help. I still have access to a > setuped machine to compile in 32bit > > Regards, > Alexis > > On Fri., Oct. 18, 2019, 12:02 a.m. Jared Davison, < > ja...@medical-objects.com.au> wrote: > > > Hi Alexis, > > > > I've just had reason to search for a 32bit version of couchdb today. I > just > > searched for your pull request but I couldn't find it. Were you able to > > submit it? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jared > > > > On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:07 AM Alexis Côté <alexiscot...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Joan, > > > > > > I totally understand that it's not optimal to run CouchDB on a 32bit > OS. > > > Therefore, we have that constraint from our client and we have to deal > > with > > > it. > > > > > > I will land a PR soon with instructions. I spent a lot of time to make > it > > > work so I hope those instructions could help someone in the future. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Alexis > > > > > > 2018-05-16 14:44 GMT-04:00 Joan Touzet <woh...@apache.org>: > > > > > > > Hi Alexis, > > > > > > > > PRs are always welcome! If you're able to make the 32-bit builds > work, > > > > we can put that in the repo...but if you're not able to maintain it > > > > long-term, and we get bug reports on it, we reserve the right to > > > > remove the scripts as well ;) > > > > > > > > I get that some people want 32-bit CouchDB to run on legacy machines > > > > and OSes. However.... > > > > > > > > We're not going to be building 32-bit binaries for distribution > > > > through couchdb.apache.org, especially not when many other HW and > > > > SW vendors have announced removal of 32-bit support: > > > > > > > > https://apple.slashdot.org/story/17/06/07/0538233/apple- > > > > to-phase-out-32-bit-mac-apps-starting-in-january-2018 > > > > https://www.networkworld.com/article/3091818/linux/linux- > > > > distros-look-to-drop-32-bit-support.html > > > > https://forums.anandtech.com/threads/nvidia-dropping- > > > > support-for-32-bit-oses-nvidia.2531426/ > > > > https://www.techpowerup.com/221296/amd-preparing-to-drop- > > > > 32-bit-support-for-radeon-drivers > > > > > > > > I am personally in line with Brian Wilson at Backblaze on this one: > > > > > > > > https://www.backblaze.com/blog/64-bit-os-vs-32-bit-os/ > > > > > > > > You can't buy new hardware that won't run 64-bit Windows anymore, and > > > > there is no practical reason to install 32-bit Windows on a machine > > > > capable of running 64-bit Windows. > > > > > > > > Limiting CouchDB to only run in <4GB of RAM severely hamstrings > > > > what it is capable of. We typically see a server using 8-16GB of RAM > > > > in production. I don't want to encourage people to run a CouchDB > > > > that prevents them from making full use of the database just because > > > > it's been compiled with the wrong options. > > > > > > > > </soapbox> > > > > > > > > -Joan > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Alexis Côté" <ac...@apache.org> > > > > To: dev@couchdb.apache.org > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 11:49:11 AM > > > > Subject: CouchDB 32bit Windows build > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > I am currently working to build CouchDB for Windows 32bit. > > > > > > > > I modified few scripts and was wondering if there is any interest to > > have > > > > that on our couchdb-glazier repository? > > > > > > > > I could either create a new branch for CouchDB 2.X.X 32bit or simply > > add > > > > the modified files with a _32 suffix. > > > > > > > > Example: shell_32.cmd > > > > > > > > What do you think? > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Alexis > > > > > > > > > >
